בְּאֵר noun feminine1 Mos 26,21 well, pit, mostly Hexateuch, Genesis 23 t., Exodus 1 t., Numbers 5 t., 37 t. in all; Arabic , Aramaic בְּאֵרָא, בֵּיר, בֵּירָא, , Sabean באר DHMZMG. 1875, 608, Assyrian bêru, LyonSargon 61 (connection with above √ not clear; Lagl.c. spring of water, as coming to light, appearing; possible, although meaning in use rather well, than spring; see however, 1 Mos 16,14 compare v1 Mos 16,7; 1 Mos 26,19; 4 Mos 21,17) — ׳בּ absolute 1 Mos 21,30 +; construct 1 Mos 21,19 +; suffix בְּאֵֶר֑ךָ Ord 5,15 Plural absolute בְּאֵרֹת 1 Mos 26,15 construct id. 1 Mos 26,18 compare בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר 1 Mos 14,10 —
1. a well, often as made by digging (
חָפַר)
1 Mos 21,25;
1 Mos 21,30 (
E),
1 Mos 26,15;
1 Mos 26,18;
1 Mos 26,19;
1 Mos 26,21;
1 Mos 26,22;
1 Mos 26,32 (all
J), also in poetry
4 Mos 21,18 (+
כרה) see also v
4 Mos 21,16 v
4 Mos 21,17 (where the well addressed, in song,
עֲלִי בְאֵר); also with
כרה in prose
1 Mos 26,25 also with no reference to its origin
1 Mos 16,14 (
J; ||
עַיִן v
1 Mos 16,7),
1 Mos 29,2;
2 Mos 2,15 (
J)
4 Mos 20,17;
4 Mos 21,22 (
E)
2 Sam 17,18;
2 Sam 17,21 בְּאֵר (ה)מַיִם 1 Mos 21,19 (
E)
1 Mos 24,11 (
J; ||
עַיִן v
1 Mos 24,13 v
1 Mos 24,16 v
1 Mos 24,43 v
1 Mos 24,45); (compare also
1 Mos 21,25;
1 Mos 26,18 above & especially v
1 Mos 26,19 בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים); water taken from it by drawing (
שָׁאַב)
1 Mos 24,11;
1 Mos 24,20 flocks watered from it (
הִשְׁקָה מִןֿ)
1 Mos 29,2;
1 Mos 29,3;
1 Mos 29,8;
1 Mos 29,10 (compare especially
2 Mos 2,16 they drew,
דלה, and filled the troughs); also
מִתּוֺךְ בְּאֵרֶ֑ךָ ....
שְׁתֵה מַיִם Ord 5,15 (||
בּוֺר); the opening called
פִּי הַבְּאֵר 1 Mos 29,2;
1 Mos 29,3 (twice in verse);
1 Mos 29,8;
1 Mos 29,10 compare
׳פְּנֵי הַבּ 2 Sam 17,19 (read probably
פּי so
⅏ ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵑ9, compare
Dr); figurative of fresh delights of woman beloved
Hoj 4,15 מַעְיַן גַּנִּים בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים וְנוֺזְלִים מִןלְֿבָנוֺן.
2. pit (=
בּוֺר); pits of bitumen
1 Mos 14,10 (compare above);
בְּאֵר שַׁחַת Sl 55,24 pit of (the) grave; compare
Sl 69,16 וְאַלתֶּֿאְטַר עָלַי בְּאֵר פִּיהָ and let not (the) pit shut its mouth over me (||
מְצוּלָה); figurative of strange woman
בְּאֵר צָרָה a narrow pit, out of which rescue is difficult
Ord 23,27 (||
שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה).
3. as
proper name, of a location a. with
ָ ה locative
בְּאֵ֫רָה a station of Israel in desert
4 Mos 21,16, possibly =
בְּאֵר אֵילִים Es 15,8.
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b. same form
Dom 9,21, according to Euseb.
LagOnom.238, 2nd ed. 250 8 miles north of Eleutheropolis; compare
RobBR i. 452 who compare
elBîreh, near Beth-shemesh.
בְּאֵר אֵילִים see בְּאֵר
3. a. above